Today’s bits: A droid to fold your laundry

Money & Investing

Launderdroid – Auto Fold Your Laundry
It seems everything, especially easily automatable tasks, are being automated. Hate folding laundry? Launderdroid will be available later this year in Japan for $16,000 with hopes to have the price down to $2,000. I think I’ll stick with the old fashioned method.

Here are five ways to start planning for retirement in your 50’s
When you reach your 50s, retirement is no longer so far off. It’s right around the corner, and there’s no time to waste. Just as there are at every stage of life, your 50s bring certain steps you should take to begin preparing for retirement. Here are a few things you should be thinking about.

How to ask your friends for cash
Facebook is now offering a fundraising tool. Ask your friends, etc. for cash. For every dollar that you are able to raise, Facebook keeps about 7%.

Get Ready to Unpack for Airport Security
New procedures, such as requiring all food or all electronics larger than cell phones be placed in bins separately, are still being tested. Changes haven’t yet been finalized, but senior Transportation Security Administration officials agreed to discuss them publicly for the first time. Decisions will be made in a few weeks, with new rules implemented after the summer travel rush, once screeners are trained and announcements made.

How to Save for Retirement if You Know Nothing About Investing
As employer pensions go the way of the dodo, the responsibility for investing retirement funds is being dropped onto the shoulders of individual workers. Of course, not everyone is comfortable with the idea of betting his future on his ability to pick their investments.

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